Or you can use x11vnc to enable remote access by VNC client: x11vnc -display :0 -auth /var/run/xauth/A:0-* -- On Tuesday 05 of February 2019 02:26:00 Alexandre Couture wrote: > Hi, > > One way to do a screenshot of TDM is to run it in VirtualBox, and then > take a screenshot with the host OS (can be linux too). > > Have a great day! > -Alexandre > ________________________________ > De : Slávek Banko <slavek.banko@xxxxxxx> > Envoyé : 4 février 2019 19:06 > À : trinity-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Objet : Re: want TDM screenshot > > On Tuesday 05 of February 2019 00:38:11 Felix Miata wrote: > > Slávek Banko composed on 2019-02-04 23:02 (UTC+0100): > > > Felix Miata wrote: > > >> https://www.maketecheasier.com/take-screenshot-of-login-screen-lin > > >>ux / is the closest I have found to instructions to use ImageMagick > > >> to get one, but tdm seems to be different from lightdm and gdm > > >> such that I can't figure out what to change. I tried logging in > > >> and grepping XAUTHORITY from set, but it apparently cannot be > > >> found there. > > >> > > >> I want a fullscreen screenshot that has the integrated default > > >> theme's menu expanded to show the selection of session types. Can > > >> anyone here help? > > > > > > You can search in: /var/run/xauth/ > > > > I don't see any connection. e.g. in Stretch I see (only): > > > > /var/run/xauth/A:0-TZtcAa > > > > 44 binary bytes owned by root and containing string > > "MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1". On openSUSE it's the same except for the last 6 > > characters of the filename. How can that be translated to > > > > /var/lib/gdm/$DISPLAY.Xauth > > or > > /var/run/lightdm/root/$DISPLAY > > > > ??? > > > > Would it be simply > > > > /var/run/xauth/$DISPLAY > > > > or something else? > > > > I tried putting > > > > #! /bin/bash > > chvt 7 > > DISPLAY=:0 XAUTHORITY=/var/run/xauth/$DISPLAY xwd -root > > > > in the script, but the resulting output image is always 0 bytes, and > > error messages: > > > > No protocol specified > > xwd: unable to open display ':0' > > > > I tried on Tubuntu 18.04/14.1 with same result. > > First, for XAUTHORITY should be: > XAUTHORITY=/var/run/xauth/A${DISPLAY}-* > > Second, I do not see in the man page that xwd would accept the > environment variable XAUTHORITY or option like -auth or -xauth. > > Cheers > -- > Slávek --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
